Star Husband, Chapter 4, Further Up Further In, Part 1

[rthstewart]

Woops. I posted Chapter 4 of Star Husband. When we last left that story, Jill and Eustace, summoned by the High King, were haring back to England from Nova Scotia, with everyone having terrible dreams of the end of Narnnia.  The chapter was getting really long, so I decided to post the first half of it, which really annoyed some readers.  I find chapters in excess of 12K or so to be really hard on readers but wow seriously misjudged that.  Anyway, the final chapter should go up this weekend. 

The Star Husband (32543 words) by rthstewart
Chapters: 4/5
Fandom: Chronicles of Narnia - C. S. Lewis
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Polly Plummer, Lucy Pevensie, Eustace Scrubb, Jill Pole, Digory Kirke, Peter Pevensie, Susan Pevensie, Edmund Pevensie
Additional Tags: Native American/First Nations Culture, The Problem of Susan, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
Series: Part 9 of The Stone Gryphon
Summary:

There are two new tags, Problem of Susan and AU-Canon Divergence.  To explain just how much of a Problem of Susan it isn't, I went ahead and posted a number of excerpts from earlier stories where Susan (and Edmund, and Tebbitt and even Asim) all use Narnia as code for espionage. You can read excerpts to refresh if you interested at Not Just A Silly Children's Story. 

And so, this chapter finally brings me full circle to plot development 10  years in the making.  I posted the chapter Lion's Business in Part 1 where I created the Narnia as a "silly children's story" in April 2009.  So finally seeing those words come back, was actually pretty emotional for me.  I'm not sure it delivered.  Maybe the final chapter will do that.  Not sure.  Or maybe it's just too long and .... trails off to drown in ocean of self doubt.   

Anyway, long week, it's up, it's done and my thanks. 
 

Comments

[yalumesse]

Thank you for continuing to write! I've never seen such long-term dedication to one fandom, and the quality of character complexity and histories that comes of it is amazing. I will love Morgan till the day I die and Queen Susan in Tashbaan is always a favourite re-read. <3